I recently sold a property to a very nice elderly lady. I strictly represented the buyer and another agent and brokerage represented the property of an estate sale. When we originally viewed the vacant property is was in okay condition. You could tell that the floors had been washed and the fridge clean, etc...
On the day of possession we did our walk-through and it was obvious that the property had not been touched since we were last through. The listing agent had not even returned to the property to get his lockbox which was still on the entrance way door. Anyways, we did our walk-through and all was satisfactory. Later that evening, I received a call from my client saying that the cats had got in behind that washer/dryer and now they were filthy. She was upset that the previous seller had not cleaned behind the appliances as she had done on her property that she had sold. I told her that I would hire a cleaning company to come over and thoroughly clean her new home for her. I have sold many home before and have hired professionals to clean homes for both buyer and seller clients... but, I have also done many walk-throughs were the condition of the homes were a lot worse and the buyers were fine with the condition.
My question is... should of the other Realtor had his seller clean behind all of the appliances before listing the property? How clean is clean?
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